Master of Arts Program in Conflict Resolution

Conflict Resolution students have been the recipients of numerous awards, including the Presidential Management Fellowship, the Chinese Government Scholarship and the Pedro Arrupe Scholarship for Peace.  Please read below for more information about scholarships and fellowships available to our students.

Conflict Resolution Scholars

A small number of Conflict Resolution Scholars are selected each year from the general applicant pool.  Conflict Resolution Scholars, chosen for superior academic and extracurricular achievement prior to entering the program, are awarded partial tuition scholarships.  All applicants will be considered for these awards.

Hunt Inclusive Security Fellowship

The M.A. Program in Conflict Resolution at Georgetown University is pleased to announce a new fellowship for its students starting in the spring 2008 semester.

The "Hunt Inclusive Security Fellowship" in the amount of $1,000 will be awarded for a major student research project, such as a research paper, capstone paper, or a Master's thesis. The research will be original and innovative and must address the active role of women in conflict prevention, resolution, or post-conflict recovery and reconstruction.

The fellowship is provided through the generous support of the Hunt Alternatives Fund and the Initiative for Inclusive Security.

Georgetown University Scholarships

The following scholarships are available only to Georgetown students.  Students must be nominated by the Conflict Resolution program or the Department of Government.

• Pedro Arrupe S.J. Scholarship for Peace - This Georgetown scholarship was established by generous donors to enable international students with significant financial need, especially those from socially conflicted areas of the world, to receive a Jesuit education at Georgetown. Candidates are selected from the pool of international students who have been admitted to the various schools of the University, on the recommendation of the University admissions committees for those schools.  Students will be nominated during the admissions process; there is no separate application for the award.

External Scholarships

University Nomination required

• The Harold W. Rosenthal Fellowship offers qualified students pursuing a career in international relations the opportunity to spend a summer in professional fellowship positions with a Member of Congress or in the State Department. In most years, two to four students are awarded the fellowship, each receiving a stipend for his or her work. Fellows are selected based on their commitment to public service, their education and interest in international relations as well as their experience and their dedication to values held and pragmatism demonstrated by Harold Rosenthal. Those include a professional commitment to conflict resolution, governance, and multi-culturalism.  Deadline is mid-January
• The Herbert Roback Scholarship - The National Academy of Public Administration awards the Herbert Roback Scholarship to a graduate student currently enrolled or admitted for enrollment in a full-time Master’s degree course in public administration, public and international affairs, and/or political science from the following universities: the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, Brandeis University, the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton, John Jay College at CUNY, Albany/SUNY, New York University, and any university in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Typically one scholarship in the amount of $7,500 will be awarded each year.  Deadline is mid-April
• Fulbright Fellowships - Senator J. William Fulbright created the Fulbright program in 1946 to increase mutual understanding between the people of the U.S. and other countries. The Fulbright sends over 1000 students to over 140 countries world wide each year to execute carefully designed research proposals.  Deadline is mid-September
• Dolores Zohrab Leibmann Fund - The Leibmann Fund provides Fellowships, up to $18,000/year, for students pursuing graduate studies (including law and medicine) at U.S. Institutions.  Deadline is early November
• Luce Scholars Program - The Luce Scholars Program provides stipends and internships for eighteen young Americans to live and work in East and Southeast Asia each year.  Deadline is mid-October
• Presidential Management Fellows - Since 1977, the Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program and its predecessor, the Presidential Management Intern (PMI) Program, have been attracting outstanding graduate, law, and doctoral-level students to the Federal service. The PMF Program is your passport to a unique and rewarding career experience with the Federal Government.  Deadline is September/October
  

For external scholarships not requiring university nomination, please refer to the following online resources:

• Georgetown University Fellowship Secretary - provides information on several major awards, including the NSEP David L. Boren Graduate Fellowship, the Soros Fellowships for New Americans, the Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Fellowship, and the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship
• Michigan State University Libraries' Grants Database
• Community of Science Funding Database
• Williams College Scholarship Database
• Yale University Funding Database
• International Educational Financial Aid